Rainbow Cleft

A narrow cleft running westwards out of the western hills of Dor-lómin, forged by a narrow and foaming stream that ran down from those hills towards the Firth of Drengist. The stream and its ravine ran directly east to west, and so the low Sun in the morning and evening would shine through the sprays of its tumbling waterfalls and rapids to form many rainbows. Thus the cleft gained its name: Cirith Ninniach in Elvish, translated as the 'Rainbow Cleft'.